Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Energy Company Obligation 4 scheme for 2022-26 on other Government energy efficiency schemes including the proposed Home Upgrade Grant due to commence in 2022; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure integration of energy efficiency schemes.

The Government remains committed to improving the energy efficiency of homes as the most sustainable approach to tackling fuel poverty. The Government is investing over £2 billion through projects such as the Home Upgrade Grant (HUG), Local Authority Delivery Scheme, Sustainable Warmth Competition and the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund. In addition, the Energy Company Obligation supports home upgrades across Great Britain. These schemes are retrofitting low-incomes households with appropriate measures to make them more energy efficient and cheaper to heat.